The Blackhawk

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Wouldnt it be a lot better if the blackhawk actually had armaments on it?

Although it does have it's sides machine guns ( which are as effective as a pea shooter).

On the back of the game case it has rocket pods on it, so what happened to them?

*from a source* 2 machine guns, 16 Hellfire anti-tank missiles or 4 rocket pods

If only the blackhawk had rockets on them then it might be able to take out a couple of tanks, dpv's that are shooting it, also the pain in the *** eryx tht takes shots at it, from the front!.

The blackhawk would be a lot more effective on maps such as wake island and it wouldnt be sitting on the carrier collecting dust if it had a half decent weapon system.

Although the cobra could defend it, you hardly ever see the cobra beside you protecting you from the enemy helicopters.

:)

[Sir. Blackhawk 5]

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Took it out because it was "unbalanced" due to MEC heli and Chinese helis had no rocket pod. There are some helis who have the pod and others who dont, download some mods (i know nations at war has it) that has a blackhawk with the missiles on it.

Although the cobra could defend it, you hardly ever see the cobra beside you protecting you from the enemy helicopters.

:)

Rare once in a lifetime happens now. cobra akes out tanks and other attack choppers, what does the blackhawk do now? No it does not go on gun runs because its nerfed, but it goes hundreds of feet in the air and parachutes to a target.

[DesertFalcon]

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They might make the miniguns more powerfull in the new patch or you can just get NAW or PoE2

[davelisowski]

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what does the blackhawk do now? No it does not go on gun runs because its nerfed, but it goes hundreds of feet in the air and parachutes to a target.

I spent an entire round on Oman as a SL flying a chopper. My squad would spawn and drop onto a flag. It wasn't very effective, but I guess the squad had fun. I didn't even get my basic heli badge either :cry:.

For the OP, have some AT ride along. That's probably the closest you'll get to rocket pads. Then again, most pilots fly their choppers like jets and completely ignore gunning positions. But then again, the BH miniguns won't do much more than take out a jeep (if even). I don't know where I was going with this...

[Dandred]

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Check this thread and vote!!!

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85136

[sgtsam150892]

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Then again, most pilots fly their choppers like jets and completely ignore gunning positions

If ime being attacked by infantry i turn the so the gunners can take the infantry out. then i just side swoop in slowly.

[Lone-Assassin]

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I think it would make it too much like the APC's, firstly it flies over and rockets all you tanks, then the machineguns do the business and wipe out your defenders whilsts the side gunners fire and do sweet FA no matter how many round they fritter away, then as if it couldnt get any worse a whole squad jumps out and mops everything up nicely before capturing a flag :laugh: Then we could have a whole new forum thread section about how the B-Hawk needs to be toned down.

I always thought it was a navy seahawk anyway...

[Abyss_of_Borg]

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I think it's too late. Blackhawks=flying buses. What they should have done from the start as instead of making their relationship from transport compared to a tank. They should have made it APC compared to a tank the tank in this case would be the attack chopper. I would be weaker then an attack chopper but not easily able to be just shot down by a 50 cal. I think they should have made the hind the MEC one because that is really a transport in real life. Just equal the armor out to the BH. Take away attack heli features and put more seats in back. Then replace it in SF with something else. I think the best they can do now is make the blackhawk more armored with slightly better miniguns.

[imported_Panic.fo]

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They should have made the guns on the mec and china choppers equally powerful..

That way we would still have halfway decent choppers..

[Roger Smith]

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If only the blackhawk had rockets on them then it might be able to take out a couple of tanks, dpv's that are shooting it, also the pain in the *** eryx tht takes shots at it, from the front!.

think of a blackhawk like a ground version of a humvee, mostly transport with light attack capability

The blackhawk would be a lot more effective on maps such as wake island and it wouldnt be sitting on the carrier collecting dust if it had a half decent weapon system.

nobody knows how to pilot and make a squad, and players dont know to join that squad. a good pilot will go down on wake without good air support (taking out enemy air assets), so the problem of blackhawks sucking is more a problem of aa missiles not working against the j10 hitboxes (and other chassies), take ghost town or iron gator for instance, both heavy aa maps, yet a good pilot can do fine. the problem is bad aa.

[Cyborg_Soldier]

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I'd like to see the miniguns beefed up a bit... in the beginning they were a bit too strong, but now they are almost ineffective - there's gotta be a compromise. As for rockets, I think they might throw off the game balance and being that 1.4 is the last patch (maybe) it might be risky to mess with that. Let's just hope for some slightly improved miniguns.

[Roger Smith]

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being that 1.4 is the last patch (maybe)

everyone keeps saying this, who was the source of this info, dice?

[Msgr. Mudslide]

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screw blackhawks, DICE needs to implement zeppelins.

[barz26]

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Could make them harder to down? Wake island, 7 guys get in then jet flys past...7 guys die!!! Keep them the same but put a machine gun on the front

[Scort]

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Personally I would like to see either of the following for the BH:

Lose the miniguns and replace them with the .50 cal from the FAV etc - that way they get some worthwhile firepower back, without the godlike... err... ness of the original miniguns.

Allow the BH to either recharge flares faster, or give them 2-3 batches, that way it has a use on maps such as wake, where it is currently air fodder (to a degree).

I don't think the BH needs anything to take out tanks though, it's not for attack, but transport.

Just my thoughts.

Scort.